Walt Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/walt/ Experience the game beyond the screen Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:42:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Walt Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/walt/ 32 32 This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 28, Lee Calhoun wins 110 meter hurdles (1956), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-x-country-november-28-lee-calhoun-wins-110-meter-hurdles-1956-written-by-walt-murphy/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:42:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-x-country-november-28-lee-calhoun-wins-110-meter-hurdles-1956-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field/X-Country–November 28   1956–Cordner Nelson wrote in  Track & Field News, “This was the greatest high hurdle race ever run–perhaps the greatest footrace of all time”. He was referring to the 110-meter Hurdles final at the Melbourne […]

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]]> 68670 This Day in X-Country/Track & Field History, November 22: Steve Prefontaine wins his second NCAA XC title (1971), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-x-country-track-field-history-november-22-steve-prefontaine-wins-his-second-ncaa-xc-title-1971-written-by-walt-murphy/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:40:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-x-country-track-field-history-november-22-steve-prefontaine-wins-his-second-ncaa-xc-title-1971-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in X-Country/T&F -November 22   1948–After serving as the host school since the meet’s inception in 1938, Michigan State College (as it was known at the time), finally won the NCAA Div.I title on its home course, beating […]

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]]> 67954 This Day in Track & Field, X-country, November 17, Earlene Brown sets AR in Shot Put and Discus! (1956), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-x-country-november-17-earlene-brown-sets-ar-in-shot-put-and-discus-1956-written-by-walt-murphy/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:57:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-x-country-november-17-earlene-brown-sets-ar-in-shot-put-and-discus-1956-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags   Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 17   1956—Earlene Brown set American Records in the Shot Put (48-11  ½ [14.92]) and Discus (154-0 [46.94]) at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds in Australia. Brown returned to the site later in the month, finishing […]

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]]> 67360 This Day in Track & Field, November 12, Peter Snell sets 1000m WR (1964), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-12-peter-snell-sets-1000m-wr-1964-written-by-walt-murphy/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:29:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-12-peter-snell-sets-1000m-wr-1964-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field–November 12 1964—Less than a month after his double-gold medal performance at the Tokyo Olympics (800/1500), New Zealand’s Peter Snell ran 2:16.6 for 1000-meters in Auckland to break the 4-year old World Record of 2:16.7, set […]

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]]> 66616 This Day in Track & Field-November 11  (Veterans Day), the first organized track & field meet in U.S. (1868), Lon Myers sets AR at Mile (1883), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-11-veterans-day-the-first-organized-track-field-meet-in-u-s-1868-lon-myers-sets-ar-at-mile-1883-written-by-walt-murphy/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:45:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-11-veterans-day-the-first-organized-track-field-meet-in-u-s-1868-lon-myers-sets-ar-at-mile-1883-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field-November 11  (Veterans Day) 1868–From Wally Donovan’s History of Indoor Track & Field “On a cold and rainy night, indoor track was born in New York City. The newly formed New York Athletic Club conducted the first […]

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]]> 66450 This Day in Track & Field History: November 10, Born This Day: Mondo Duplantis (1999), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-history-november-10-born-this-day-mondo-duplantis-1999-written-by-walt-murphy/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:34:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-history-november-10-born-this-day-mondo-duplantis-1999-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 10   1883—Great Britain’s Walter George ran 52:53 for 10-miles in a handicap race in London to break his own pre-IAAF World Record of 52:56.5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete)   1924–Lake View(IL) prep Norma Zilk equaled Helen Filkey’s  American […]

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]]> 66334 This Day in Track & Field, November 7, Paula Radcliffe wins NYC Marathon by 3 seconds (2004), written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-7-paula-radcliffe-wins-nyc-marathon-by-3-seconds-2004-written-by-walt-murphy/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:25:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-7-paula-radcliffe-wins-nyc-marathon-by-3-seconds-2004-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field–November 7   TCS NY City Marathon   1999—Kenya’s Joseph Chebet followed up his win at the Boston Marathon in April by winning the men’s race in NY in 2:09:14. 2nd was  Portugal’s Domingos Castro (2:09:20).  Mexico’s Adriana Fernández (2:25:06) won […]

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]]> 66040 This Day in Track & Field, November 5, Shalane Flanagan wins NYC Marathon (2017), Born Today: Eliud Kipchoge is 41! by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-5-shalane-flanagan-wins-nyc-marathon-2017-born-today-eliud-kipchoge-is-41-by-walt-murphy/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:43:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-5-shalane-flanagan-wins-nyc-marathon-2017-born-today-eliud-kipchoge-is-41-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service  ([email protected])   This Day in Track & Field–November 5   1890—Princeton’s Luther Cary ran 11.2 for 100-meters in New York to equal the American Record he already shared with Yale’s Charles Sherrill. Cary won the 100y and 220y at the 1891 IC4A and […]

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]]> 65720 This Day in Track & Field, November 4, Grete Waitz takes 4th in NYC Marathon, announces Retirement (1990), by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-4-grete-waitz-takes-4th-in-nyc-marathon-announces-retirement-1990-by-walt-murphy/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:44:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-november-4-grete-waitz-takes-4th-in-nyc-marathon-announces-retirement-1990-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This Day in Track & Field/Marathon-November 4    TCS NY City Marathon   1990—The race was dedicated to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow, who was battling brain cancer. In the closest women’s finish to date, Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) held off runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50) […]

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]]> 65792 This Day in Track & Field History, October 30, 2025, Julie Brown sets AR for 5,000 meters ( 1976), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-history-october-30-2025-julie-brown-sets-ar-for-5000-meters-1976-compiled-edited-and-written-by-walt-murphy/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:42:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/this-day-in-track-field-history-october-30-2025-julie-brown-sets-ar-for-5000-meters-1976-compiled-edited-and-written-by-walt-murphy/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This Day in Track & Field–October 30   1976—Cal. State Northridge’s Julie Brown, competing in a race that served as a qualifier for the AIAW X-Country Championships (the precursor to the NCAA Championships), ran 16:14.0 for 5000-meters on her home track to break Jan Merrill’s 6-month old American […]

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